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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 30, 1996Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1996, 5:21 PM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1996, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1996, 6:05 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Corson County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 1996-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 1996-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABR 302320
TORABR
SDC031-310005-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
621 PM CDT (521 PM MDT) THU MAY 30 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN SD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 605 PM MDT (705 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

   ...WESTERN CORSON COUNTY
 
AT 516 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY ABERDEEN
DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 26 MILES SOUTH OF LEMMON OR 26
MILES SOUTH OF KELDRON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE COMMUNITIES MOST THREATENED BY THIS TORNADO...
WATAUGA                             AROUND 559 PM MDT
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...
PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
P
DEE

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.